File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2003/postcolonial.0304, message 192


From: JC <slg4812-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: BBC E-mail: Excerpts: 'Saddam' TV speech
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:22:15 +0000


JC saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.

** Message **
> > to stir up religious zealousness by declaring Jihads
> > against the West?

Ben - I believe you may be wrong about this.  Saddam was/is not a religious
man, and therefore he is unlikely to have declared jihads.  Looks to me like
in this sentence you are falling prey to a pernicious stereotype.  Watch
your tongue! :-b

Margaret



** Excerpts: 'Saddam' TV speech **
Abu Dhabi TV plays a recorded speech which it says is the voice of Saddam Hussein.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/2959831.stm >


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